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Used in the railroad industry, just found a picture of this device, neat item!

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It's the name of the brand of diced tomatoes and chilis we put in our sausage dip... http://www.ro-tel.com/index.jsp
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It's the name of the brand of diced tomatoes and chilis we put in our sausage dip... http://www.ro-tel.com/index.jsp

Originally posted by shaygetz - September 20 2011 :  9:48:34 PM




I said ROBEL, not Rotel. LOL

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A Robel is the name of a car made by American motors (AMC) during the late 60s...
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only thing i know about robel is that they are german/austrian railway engineers,they make some interesting items for track maintenance,ken
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only thing i know about robel is that they are german/austrian railway engineers,they make some interesting items for track maintenance,ken

Originally posted by catfordken - September 21 2011 :  05:45:05 AM




Yes, that is correct, Ken. One of the tools they make is a bolt tightener that moves along the rail, looks like a roto-tiller almost. Very neat! I had never heard of them before, until I went searching on railroad tracks and cuties. How THIS came up, I don't know. LOL.

http://www.robel.info/3082RKS/en/

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they along with plesser mlv make most of Europe`s track maintenance gear,have seen a model of one of their items somewhere,most likely a brass kit at a show maybe even scratch built,ken
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